| Show SINCE the fatal encounter between Baron Von Kotze and Baron Von Schrader strong efforts have been made in Germany to have duelling abolished In the German army and in the universities universities siti s the slightest insult is referred to the medi mediaeval val code of honor still existing existing existing exist exist- ing among them and a duel is almost invariably the outcome And their scars are lauded and treasured as trophies won on the field held of honor Among the students most of the faces are disfigured by their savage bloodthirstiness for duels and these are among the aristocratic aristocratic aristocratic aristo aristo- cratic class of students the Kor Korp- Korp st denten as they are called members of fraternities who whose e principal occupation is nonsense an and dissipation pation The great obstacle of the peacefully-minded peacefully op- op posers o of duelling is in the Kaiser and andt t f. f w Count Bismark The Kaiser insists on its retention in the army for he says it makes the soldiers brave Bismark says I I owe all that I am today to my experience as a Prussian soldier And that means adherence to the code of honor Bismark was a famous duellist even in his days and his picture picture picture pic pic- ture adorns the walls of the university prison at Heidelburg as most prominent among those placed in confinement for insubordination And to the Heidelburg student t it is a great honor to be able to place his photograph on the same walls as Bismark's all Bismark's all students who have been imprisoned leave their photographs as souvenirs a rare rogues' rogues gallery it must form Another difficulty of the duellists anti-duellists is that neither army officers officers officers cers nor students will take a stand against the custom fearing t to be brand branded d as cowards It is to be hoped that the generous and minded healthy-minded efforts of the reformers will succeed and andere andere andere ere long we need not read of such scandals scandals scandals scan scan- dals as the late one between Von Van Kotze and Von Van Schrader |
